Where: Parm - ItalyFrom: 2011-09-09
To: 2011-09-18
A major event in and around Parma to get to know and try the very best ham from Parma as well as appreciating the touristic and cultural beauties of the places. The Festival is by now an important showcase for a top-quality Italian product which involves 164 production companies, 5,000 pig farms and 3,000 workers for an overall turnover of 1.7 billion euro. As usual, one of the initiative's main events will be Open Doors, where the ham factories will open their doors to the public, granting the possibility to see the processing cycle and take part in free tastings.
The Festival is also an occasion to visit the production areas and discover how the product is made: in fact free visits will be organised to the ham factories of the municipalities involved, also by shuttle buses that depart from the Fiere di Parma, from the 9-18 September, to discover how Parma Ham is made. It will be the producers themselves who will be illustrating the secrets of processing pork haunches, which, thanks to a magical combination of climate, tradition and passion, become "Parma Ham". A shuttle bus service will be available to ferry tourists around the companies taking part.
One must is a visit to the Parma Ham and Deli Meats Museum, created in the heart of the ancient Foro Boario in Langhirano, another is to try Parma Ham accompanied by the best wines, which will be possible all over the territory.
Numerous initiatives will be enlivening the hills near Parma with dinners organised in villages, street theatre, stalls selling typical products, painting exhibitions, and moments of comic relief. Last of all, for the entire period of the Festival, there will be special menus in local restaurants and farm holiday centres.
There will be a full calendar of events: appointments with gastronomy, entertainment and culture. Sports activities, musical evenings, initiatives for children and much, much more.
Website Parma Ham Festival
